The Creepy Crawly | Michael Basman vs Alexander Budnikov 1993

[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@user-gv2ll4sj1k]

Thank you, Dan. I enjoy these nonstandard games and I find them useful. I'm a fairly principled player and these games remind me of the limits of that approach.

[@DagmarJenner]

It sure takes a brilliant player like Mike Basman to pull off a win after such a funky opening. On the sad occasion of Mike's passing, Vienna-based chess historian Michael Ehn just published another game by Mike (played against Speelman in Brighton 1980) in his chess column for the daily "Der Standard".

[@PowerPlayChess]

So many of Basman's games were publishable!

[@ajedreznoventa]

Excellent work as usual! Besides, I am expanding my English expressions catalogue, with "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" and "out of the frying pan into the fire" 😆

[@yanair2091]

@Dax P From hand to mouth the soup is lost???

[@porcospino289]

I graded papers in third-year abstract algebra when I was in fourth year. Students were usually asked for proofs of statements in homework. The best of the students got tired at some point of giving proofs, so on one problem wrote "For proof, see pudding.".

[@joev3512]

One of the most complicated positions I ever saw. I also hae no idea how black lost this game, he seemed in control most of the time. Great stuff!

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

The creepy crawly fine stuff by Basman. Thanks Daniel and keep up the good work.

[@horrortackleharry]

Remember having some of his 'Audio Chess' cassettes as a kid- they were excellent!

[@paulgreen7906]

Morphy, Tal and Shirov are applauding Michael from the opera box.

[@marcwordsmith]

beautiful commentary. You entertain me and edify me and make me laugh ... 18 minutes well spent indeed! Thank you, Mr. King!

[@Diachron]

Fascinating game. Also, I like your straightforward and clear commentary. I look forward to exploring your videos.

[@waterskym]

Very enjoyable thanks. I like it that long, long ago Botvinnik complimented Basman's style as "highly original" while faintly praising Keene as a "calculator of variations." Apocryphal I suppose unless someone can quote more accurately.

[@henkschmitz6768]

A very entertaining game! Somehow reminds me of Spassky-Seirawan, 1985. After confusing Black with his Basmaniac opening, Basman finishes like a strong GM.

[@Socrates...]

It is sad, I have one of his books and I remember him having a chess channel not so long ago.

[@marshallrose8762]

tal took his opponent into a black forest. basman takes budnikov into a snowstorm, a whiteout...with the same effect

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Wonderful Daniel ty

[@TheGloryofMusic]

This opening might be good against humans, but Stockfish would refute it, and Alpha Zero playing it would show it's the best opening ever.

[@lashabezhanishvili9034]

Thanks for another brilliant video Mr. King. :) I really admire Michael Basman's creativity and boldness to play like this. Problem is, it is hard to justify playing like this as white. I played a tournament recently and I had 100% win rate as white with e4. I just get initiative and attack. As black I risk a lot, for sure, and l like your previous video about Michael Basman's game from the black side, but from white side, to abandon opening advantage and abandon initiative is just a crime against chess in my opinion. I remember playing Chigorin French as white in a tournament, it was unnecessarily long game really... As black, sure, go for Benoni, Chigorin, Sicilian, but as white, how can someone justify losing initiative and playing on even ground as white. P.S. I had never heard of Michael Basman and many thanks for showing us his games.

[@TessaTestarossa]

"Advantage" isn't everything. Some people just wanna have fun

[@lashabezhanishvili9034]

@@TessaTestarossa I meant in a competitive tournament. Obviously when you are playing on an online platform just for fun, you can play whatever you want.

[@taljechin]

Wasn't 1.a3+2.h3 called the Global Opening or was that another one? I think I still have his book on the Macho Grob laying around somewhere, though havent read it since the early 90s.

[@barissannan2731]

Just tried and got checkmated in five moves:)

[@roland_k1889]

After c5 ba rather than Qe6+, just c6 'and mate cannot be prevented'.

[@robinesperoza]

I would be terrified if my opponent started with 1.h3 and 2.a3, for I would be in a must-win position psychologically. Luckily this never happened to me... yet. I looked into this line out of curiosity. On lichess there are 35.447 amateur games from this starting position (pawns on a3/h3 and d5). White wins 46%, 4% of the games are drawn and black wins 50%. This is remarkably playable apparently. Chess is never without surprises. Great video as always.

[@fundhund62]

Why would you be in a must-win position psychologically? It´s not the Bong Cloud. White isn´t lost or even clearly worse by any stretch of the imagination.

[@robinesperoza]

@@fundhund62 I think honestly because I would underestimate this opening. It's just that it looks so bad.

[@A.mostafavi]

Nice👏👏👏

[@aabishpoudel]

Guys check out Michael's youtube channel. IM Mike Basman

[@A.mostafavi]

👌👌👌

[@illowrenollow423]

If 1st/2nd a3/h3 play the "creepy anakonda killer" 1st/2nd ...a5/...h5! approved by Leila & Co ;-)

[@porcospino289]

17:54: Sloppy. It's not mate next move.

[@schnabeltasse]

This is a good example for a game you should better have some beer before playing this style. 😉

[@clifftrewin1505]

too much blab blab